PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Beerens, Nancy
AU  - Heutink, Rene
AU  - Harders, Frank
AU  - Roose, Marit
AU  - Pritz-Verschuren, Sylvia B.E.
AU  - Germeraad, Evelien A.
AU  - Engelsma, Marc
TI  - Novel incursion of a highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N8 virus in the Netherlands, October 2020
AID  - 10.1101/2020.11.03.361634
DP  - 2020 Jan 01
TA  - bioRxiv
PG  - 2020.11.03.361634
4099  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2020/11/03/2020.11.03.361634.short
4100  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2020/11/03/2020.11.03.361634.full
AB  - The HPAI H5N8 virus detected in mute swans in the Netherlands in October 2020 shares a common ancestor with clade 2.3.4.4b viruses last detected in Egypt in 2018-2019 and has a similar genetic composition. The virus is not directly related to European H5N8 viruses detected in first half of 2020.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.